There was an old man who loved money very much. He n 1 gave anything to anybody. After some years he became r 2 . One day he was walking near the river with his friends when he fell into the river. His friends ran to help him. One of them held out his hand and cried, “Give me your hand, and I’ll p 3 you out！”The rich m 4 head went down the water a 5 then came up again, but he did not g 6 his hand to his friend. Again another of his friends tried, but again the s 7 thing happened. Then a 8 friend, Nasreddin, said, “Take my hand and I’ll pull you out!”The rich man took his hand and Nasreddin pulled him out of the water. “You don’t know your friend very w 9 .” Nasreddin said to the others. “When you say ‘Give！’ to him, he d 10 nothing, but when you say ‘Take！’ he always takes.”
答案：
守财奴闹出了笑话。文中谈了一次救人的过程，解题时要根据当时的情况特别注意“give”和“take”的妙用。
1.never.因为love money,所以他决不会“给予”。never意为“从不”。
2.rich.rich是形容词，作表语。由于从不施舍，几年后他就富有了。
3.pull.pull...out意为“把……拉出来”。
4.man’s.head为名词，要选用man的所有格形式。
5.and.and then...意为“后来又……”。and起并列作用。
6.give.give...to...意为“把……给……”。
7.same.句意为：又发生了同样的情况。
8.another.another表示不定指的“又一个，另一个”。
9.well.well为副词，know well意思是“很了解”。
10.does.这句话是引述原话，故用一般现在时。do nothing表示“什么事都不干”。